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Attorney-General v Wilts United Dairies [1921] 37 TLR 884

By Oxbridge Law TeamUpdated 04/01/2024 07:14

Judgement for the case Attorney-General v Wilts United Dairies

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  • HL held that a charge imposed by the ministry of food on a company to collect food in certain areas of the country was a tax and that the ministry had no right to impose it without the consent of parliament, under the Bill of Rights article 4.

  • The 1916 Act of parliament giving the food controller various powers did not include a right of raising taxes and therefore the tax was illegal. 

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